Kington Horse Show organiser fined over electrocution – BBC News
“A charity which runs a Herefordshire show has been fined £10,000 after an exhibitor was electrocuted at the site.”
BBC News, 13th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: health & safety
Swansea teacher sacked after taking pupils sledging – BBC News
“A teacher was sacked after bringing a sledge into school and allowing two pupils to ride on it, a disciplinary hearing has heard.”
BBC News, 11th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
National Grid fined £8m by Ofgem for false claims over maintenance work – The Guardian
“A double fuse blew at National Grid today as it was fined £8m by energy regulator Ofgem for overclaiming on a maintenance programme, and its staff voted for industrial action over pay.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BT fined £300,000 over ladder death – The Independent
“BT was fined £300,000 today after a judge said a ‘significant failing’ by the company contributed to the death of one its engineers.”
The Independent, 15th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
£440k fines after Flintshire scrapyard death – BBC News
“Two companies and a manager have been fined a total of £440,000 after a Flintshire scrap yard worker died after suffering 90% burns in an explosion.”
BBC News, 13th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager suing friend’s family for £6m after pool party injury leaves her paralysed – Daily Telegraph
“A teenager who was paralysed after diving into a swimming pool during a party at a former friend’s home is suing the girl’s family in a multi-million pound damages suit because there were no warning signs.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Building firm fined over Banbury forklift death – BBC News
“A construction firm and a contract worker have been fined after a man was killed and two others injured at a building site in Banbury, Oxfordshire.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Potters Bar train crash: Network Rail and Jarvis Rail to be prosecuted – The Guardian
“Criminal proceedings are to start against Network Rail and the maintenance firm Jarvis Rail over alleged safety failures behind the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash, in which seven people died.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Teacher who lost voice trying to make herself heard awarded £150,000 – The Guardian
“A teacher of English whose voice was permanently damaged as she struggled to make herself heard in the classroom has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation.”
The Guardian, 9th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Company fined over Doncaster worker’s death – BBC News
“A firm has been fined £120,000 after admitting safety failings which led to a man’s death at its coal processing plant in North East Lincolnshire.”
BBC News, 29th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Liverpool headteacher fined over pupil’s roof fall – The Guardian
“A headteacher was fined £20,000 today for an ‘act of folly’ during A-level celebrations which left one of his pupils with a fractured skull and permanent damage to his eyesight.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Threlfall v Hull City Council – WLR Daily
Threlfall v Hull City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1147; [2010] WLR (D) 262
“In cases where an employee had been provided with equipment to use in his employment, but injury had occurred and the question arose whether such ‘personal protective equipment’ had been ‘suitable’ for regulatory purposes and issues of negligence, regard was to be given to both regs 4 and 6 of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992; and the concept of ‘effectiveness’ was at the heart of the issue of suitability.”
WLR Daily, 21st Octbober 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ending the ‘compensation culture’ is not as simple as it seems – The Guardian
“Lord Young’s health and safety report shows that balancing the rights of defendants and claimants is a delicate business.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government launches shakeup of health and safety law – The Guardian
“The government pledged today to tackle the UK’s ‘damaging’ compensation culture with a shakeup of health and safety measures, including an end to ‘senseless’ rules and regulations.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Young health and safety review: recommendations – Daily Telegraph
“Lord Young has published a review into Britain’s compensation culture. These are the main recommendations made in his report Common Sense Common Safety.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Fine after Worcestershire worker contracts virus – BBC News
“A health care worker contracted hepatitis C after injuring herself on a needle, it has emerged.”
BBC News, 8th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fair ride owner fined after men injured at Silverstone – BBC News
“A man who owned a faulty fairground ride at the British Grand Prix has been fined £3,000 after two people were injured when they were thrown from it.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New checks call after rail death in Essex – BBC News
“A coroner has called for new safety checks after hearing how an Essex rail worker was fatally injured when a ‘poorly welded’ basket fell on to him.”
BBC News, 30th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ambulance-chasing lawyers facing curbs in review of health and safety rules – Daily Telegraph
“A review of health and safety laws by a Tory peer is understood to recommend that the activities of personal injury and negligence lawyers should be curbed. The recommendation is one of 40 in a review of health and safety legislation by Lord Young of Graffham, a former trade secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Firm prosecuted over Lancashire tractor-pulling death – BBC News
“A company is to be prosecuted after a man, 58, was killed at a tractor-pulling competition in Lancashire.”
BBC News, 16th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
